| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7397971 |
Image generating method and image generating apparatus |
July 8, 2008 |
| A first storage unit is a storage area for storing original images. Inputted to an input unit is an operation instruction from a user. An obtaining identifying unit identifies an optimal original image pair. An obtaining processing unit accesses the first storage unit to obtain the o |
| 7276791 |
Board having alternating rows of processors and memories |
October 2, 2007 |
| An electronic device is provided on which semiconductor packages can be mounted efficiently. The electronic device includes a board that can receive a plurality of first semiconductor packages each carrying a processor device and a plurality of second semiconductor packages each carr |
| 7212215 |
Apparatus and method for rendering an antialiased image |
May 1, 2007 |
| A main CPU extracts a contour and a contour candidate, which are visually important parts of an image to be rendered, according to, for example, polygon data representing an image of one frame. Further, a GPU performs rendering on data stored in a graphic memory according to the polygon |
| 7102639 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, information processing apparatus, informati |
September 5, 2006 |
| An image processing apparatus includes an auxiliary storage device 19 stored first data of a given object image higher in LOD level, a main memory 11 stored second data of the given object image lower in the LOD level than the first data, a CPU 10, and a GPU 18. The CPU 10 calculates |
| 7081894 |
Picture drawing apparatus and picture drawing method |
July 25, 2006 |
| The picture drawing method is in a graphics computer, a special effect device or a video game machine. Data required for picture drawing is generated by pre-processing by a pre-processor 32 based on a drawing command for drawing a picture model defined by the combination of unit figu |
| 7075533 |
System for and method of implementing refraction mapping |
July 11, 2006 |
| A system performs refraction mapping for an image having an object, the object being viewed along at least one line of sight and at least partially through a boundary of first and second at least semi-transparent media. The boundary defines at least one normal vector at one or more i |
| 6992673 |
Memory access device, semiconductor device, memory access method, computer program and recording |
January 31, 2006 |
| To provide a drawing device with which drawing speed can be increased without escalation of price of it. A drawing device is established as a GPU on an entertainment device to perform the drawing to a frame buffer in terms of one of different interleaved patterns. Each interleaved pa |
| 6961062 |
Image processing system, image processing method, computer program, recording medium, and semico |
November 1, 2005 |
| At a site on a moving object image, one or more units, i.e., image components combinable with or separable from the image, are placed. The motion of each unit is determined by a geometry processor along with the motion of object images. The geometry processor sequentially writes, in a |
| 6900806 |
Method and apparatus for performing perspective transformation |
May 31, 2005 |
| Methods and apparatus for perspective transforming a plurality of objects in a three-dimensional space into a two-dimensional space, each object having a plurality of vertexes, the methods and apparatus determining whether the plurality of vertexes for each of the objects are localized |
| 6891544 |
Game system with graphics processor |
May 10, 2005 |
| The present invention relates to the architecture and use of a computer system optimized for the efficient modeling of graphics. The computer system has a primary processor and a graphics processor. The primary processor has two vector processor units within it, one which is closely |
| 6867766 |
Image generating apparatus, image generating method, entertainment system, and recording medium |
March 15, 2005 |
| An image generating apparatus and image generating method determine the distribution state of dot-sequences on a two-dimensional screen using two-dimensional Gaussian distribution in the event that the plurality of dot-sequences randomly exist in a sphere within the three-dimensional |
| 6842174 |
Graphics data generating method, graphics generating apparatus and components thereof |
January 11, 2005 |
| A method executed in an apparatus for generating graphics data indicating shape features of three-dimensional graphics based on X, Y and Z coordinate values, which includes the steps of generating a random number using the X and Y coordinate values of a plurality of shape specific po |
| 6807620 |
Game system with graphics processor |
October 19, 2004 |
| The present invention relates to the architecture and use of a computer system optimized for the efficient modeling of graphics. The computer system has a primary processor and a graphics processor. The primary processor has two vector processor units within it, one which is closely |
| 6798425 |
Graphics detection method, graphics detection apparatus, semiconductor device, computer program |
September 28, 2004 |
| A three-dimensional graphic having a specific positional relationship with a predetermined point in an image made up of a three-dimensional graphic is detected. The image controller adds index information for identification to a plurality of three-dimensional graphics. The drawing de |
| 6774896 |
Method and apparatus for generating image data by modulating texture data with color data and br |
August 10, 2004 |
| A multiplication circuit (33a) of a modulation circuit (33) is provided to multiply color components from a texture mapping circuit (31) using a texture information and triangle vertex coordinates by color components from an interpolation circuit (32) using triangle vertex color informat |
| 6760040 |
Image processing method, image processing apparatus, semiconductor device, computer program and |
July 6, 2004 |
| A technique for expressing an elastic body using computer graphics. The elastic body is expressed by transforming coordinates of shape specific points which specify the shape of an object using a transformation matrix. Each element of the transformation matrix is expressed by a function |
| 6756979 |
Image processing method, image processing apparatus, computer program, and semiconductor device |
June 29, 2004 |
| An image processing apparatus includes a normal vector mapping section for dividing a surface of an object into a plurality of divided surfaces and generating a first normal vector pointing to the vertical direction of each of the divided surfaces, a luminance value mapping section for |
| 6750861 |
Information processing device and method thereof, and transmission medium |
June 15, 2004 |
| Processing at high speed is realized. Interpolation is carried out between vertexes of a series of vertexes and a series of vertexes taken as a longer series of vertexes of a strip. Interpolation is then carried out between each vertex of the interpolated series of vertexes and corre |
| 6597353 |
Information processing device and method thereof, and transmission medium |
July 22, 2003 |
| Processing at high speed is realized. Interpolation is carried out between vertexes of a series of vertexes and a series of vertexes taken as a longer series of vertexes of a strip. Interpolation is then carried out between each vertex of the interpolated series of vertexes and corre |
| 6590576 |
Method and apparatus for performing perspective transformation |
July 8, 2003 |
| An apparatus for perspective transformation of an object in three-dimensional space on a virtual two-dimensional screen, the object being specified by a plurality of points, where the apparatus includes a graphics unit operable to determine whether the plurality of points are localiz |
| 6567096 |
Image composing method and apparatus |
May 20, 2003 |
| An image composing method and apparatus is provided which can compose a mixed image with no increased hardware scale and no reduced processing speed.A subtracting means (13) is used to calculate a difference in pixel value between a first image and a second image, each having three color |
| 6563508 |
System for and method of implementing refraction mapping |
May 13, 2003 |
| A system performs refraction mapping for an image having an object, the object being viewed along at least one line of sight and at least partially through a boundary of first and second at least semi-transparent media. The boundary defines at least one normal vector at one or more i |
| 6559854 |
Image creation device |
May 6, 2003 |
| An image creation device includes: a plurality of geometry processing means for creating at least one drawing element list by performing geometry processing to express images, respectively, in parallel, said plurality of geometry processing means having at least one first geometry proces |
| 6428415 |
Electronic equipment, auxiliary information display device, and portable game machine |
August 6, 2002 |
| A portable game machine 60 includes a detachable transparent film 62, a base film 63, and reels 64a, 64b, and a reflective liquid crystal panel 8 which is sandwiched in between, with the transparent film 62 in front of, and the base film 63 in back of the reflective liquid crystal panel, |
| 6342882 |
Image processing apparatus and method and transmission medium |
January 29, 2002 |
| A CPU selects a rendering mode to be employed when an alpha test condition is not satisfied from a plurality of rendering modes in accordance with a user's selection and sets the selected mode. An alpha test circuit compares the value of alpha data of an image with a constant, and judges |
| 6246418 |
Data processing method and apparatus |
June 12, 2001 |
| In a data processing system for improving processing speed, a main CPU transmits coordinates of a center point in a three-dimensional space over a main bus 101 to a programmable pre-processor which generates figure data for drawing plural unit figures (polygons) around the center point |
| 6172670 |
Method and apparatus for simultaneous shape-dependent access to picture data stored at a plurali |
January 9, 2001 |
| A control means 101 is responsive to the shape of data inputted by inputting means 32 to control designating means 102 to switch interleaving patterns of addresses of a memory 18 designated for accessing means 103a to 103d. The designating means 102 designates to the accessing means 103a |
| 6157384 |
Apparatus and method for drawing |
December 5, 2000 |
| The picture drawing method is in a graphics computer, a special effect device or a video game machine. Data required for picture drawing is generated by pre-processing by a pre-processor 32 based on a drawing command for drawing a picture model defined by the combination of unit figu |
| 6151033 |
Method and apparatus for producing animation data |
November 21, 2000 |
| An animation data producing system having a key frame management unit for managing key frame data to form pictures of key frames having principal changes of motion in an animation of plural frames and obtained by laying out component elements of the animation in a three-dimensional space |
| 6141025 |
Image generating apparatus with FIFO memory and cache memory |
October 31, 2000 |
| Data from a main part of a drawing engine 101 is sent to and transiently stored in a first-in-first-out (FIFO) memory 102 for storage transiently therein and is supplied via an operating device 103 to a fast cache memory 104 where data exchange is carried out with a frame buffer 105. A c |
| 6052131 |
Apparatus and method for generating antialiased polygons |
April 18, 2000 |
| A first forming means forms a first line segment along an edge of a polygon which has been delineated on a picture memory. A second forming means forms a plurality of second line segments along the length of the first line segment. The second line segments are comprised of a plurality of |
| 6011564 |
Method and apparatus for producing an image through operation of plotting commands on image data |
January 4, 2000 |
| An image processing system for producing an image from three-dimensional image data. The system uses a command generator to generate one or more plotting commands for producing the image, and features a coordinate calculator for transforming the three-dimensional data into two-dimens |
| 5933148 |
Method and apparatus for mapping texture |
August 3, 1999 |
| In a real-time texture mapping system, a more solid and naturally-mapped image is obtained with a minimum of computation volume. The texture-mapping system adds a texture image to an area of a polygon which forms a fundamental unit of three-dimensional image information of an object |
| 5912671 |
Methods and apparatus for synthesizing a three-dimensional image signal and producing a two-dime |
June 15, 1999 |
| A method and apparatus for formulating a picture and a household game playing apparatus are provided. Data necessary for formulating the picture are read from picture data of a three-dimensional object stored in a main memory, and coordinates of apex points of relatively small-sized poly |
| 5811547 |
Method for inducing crystalline state transition in medicinal substance |
September 22, 1998 |
| This invention has for its object to provide a method of inducing a transition in crystalline state of a crystallizable medicinal substance with great ease and improved efficiency and uniformity on a high production scale. According to the invention, an extruder is used for inducing |
| 5793376 |
Method of producing image data, image data processing apparatus, and recording medium |
August 11, 1998 |
| A method and apparatus includes a geometry transfer engine (GTE) acting as a graphical transformation engine for converting three-dimensional image data of TMD format into two-dimensional image data by perspective view transformation, and a graphics processing unit (GPU) acting as a draw |
| 5784070 |
Method and apparatus for producing a polygonal image representation through operation of plottin |
July 21, 1998 |
| Methods and apparatus for generating image data are provided. A memory and a data processor are coupled with a system bus. In certain embodiments a data expanding apparatus is also coupled to the system bus and compressed data are transferred to the data expanding apparatus via the syste |
| 5719666 |
Particle analyzer classifying particles of various biological types using a correlation of measu |
February 17, 1998 |
| A particle analyzer includes a flow cell including first and second cells for containing an electrolyte with various types of biological particles floating therein. The first and second cells are connected to each other by a pore to allow the particles to flow from the first cell to the |
| 4965844 |
Method and system for image transformation |
October 23, 1990 |
| A method of transforming an input video image data onto a three-dimensional surface is disclosed which comprises the steps of defining the three-dimensional surface, providing mapping data for transforming the input video image data onto the surface, storing the input video image dat |
| 4030888 |
Automatic blood analyzer |
June 21, 1977 |
| A fully automatic system is disclosed for determining the seven blood parameters, red blood counts (RBC), hematocrit (HCT), white blood counts (WBC), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC). The blood sample |
